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<th>Acronym
</th>
<th>Full name
</th>
<th>See also
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>AAA
</td>
<td>Almost Always <a href="../keyword/auto.html" title="cpp/keyword/auto">Auto</a>
</td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://herbsutter.com/2013/06/13/gotw-94-special-edition-aaa-style-almost-always-auto">GOTW #94</a>
</td></tr>
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<td>ABC
</td>
<td><a href="abstract_class.html" title="cpp/language/abstract class"> Abstract Base Class</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ABI
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Application binary interface">Application Binary Interface</a>
</td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://itanium-cxx-abi.github.io/cxx-abi/abi.html">Itanium C++ ABI</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ADL
</td>
<td><a href="adl.html" title="cpp/language/adl"> Argument-Dependent Lookup</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ADT
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_data_type" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Abstract data type">Abstract Data Type</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>API
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Application programming interface">Application Programming Interface</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>CAS
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compare-and-swap" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Compare-and-swap">Compare And Swap</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3279543/what-is-the-copy-and-swap-idiom">Copy And Swap</a>
</td>
<td><a href="../atomic/atomic/compare_exchange.html" title="cpp/atomic/atomic/compare exchange"><tt>compare_exchange</tt></a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>COW
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Copy-on-write">Copy On Write</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>CPO
</td>
<td><a href="../ranges.html" title="cpp/ranges">Customization Point Object</a>
</td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eel.is/c++draft/customization.point.object#1">[customization.point.object]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>CRTP
</td>
<td><a href="crtp.html" title="cpp/language/crtp"> Curiously Recurring Template Pattern</a>
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc"><a href="../memory/enable_shared_from_this.html" title="cpp/memory/enable shared from this">std::enable_shared_from_this</a></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../ranges/view_interface.html" title="cpp/ranges/view interface">std::ranges::view_interface</a></span>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>CTAD
</td>
<td><a href="deduction_guide.html" title="cpp/language/class template argument deduction"> Class Template Argument Deduction</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>EBO
</td>
<td><a href="ebo.html" title="cpp/language/ebo"> Empty Base Optimization</a>
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc"><a href="../memory/allocator.html" title="cpp/memory/allocator">std::allocator</a></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../memory/default_delete.html" title="cpp/memory/default delete">std::default_delete</a></span>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>EBCO
</td>
<td><a href="ebo.html" title="cpp/language/ebo"> Empty Base Class Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ICE
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilation_error#Internal_Compiler_Errors" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Compilation error">Internal Compiler Error</a>; Integer Constant Expression
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>IFNDR
</td>
<td><a href="ndr.html" title="cpp/language/ndr"> Ill-Formed, No Diagnostic Required</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>IIILE
</td>
<td>Immediately Invoked Initializing <a href="lambda.html" title="cpp/language/lambda">Lambda Expression</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>IPO
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interprocedural_optimization" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Interprocedural optimization">InterProcedural Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>LTO
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interprocedural_optimization#WPO_and_LTO" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Interprocedural optimization">Link-Time Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>NDR
</td>
<td><a href="ndr.html" title="cpp/language/ndr"> No Diagnostic Required</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>NRVO
</td>
<td><a href="copy_elision.html" title="cpp/language/copy elision"> Named Return Value Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>NSDMI
</td>
<td><a href="data_members.html" title="cpp/language/data members"> Non-Static Data Member Initialization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>NTBS
</td>
<td><a href="../string/byte.html" title="cpp/string/byte"> Null-Terminated Byte Strings</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>NTTP
</td>
<td><a href="template_parameters.html" title="cpp/language/template parameters"> Non-Type Template Parameter</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ODR
</td>
<td><a href="definition.html" title="cpp/language/definition"> One Definition Rule</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>OOP
</td>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Object-oriented programming">Object-Oriented Programming</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>PIMPL
</td>
<td><a href="pimpl.html" title="cpp/language/pimpl"> Pointer to IMPLementation</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>POCCA
</td>
<td><a href="../memory/allocator_traits.html" title="cpp/memory/allocator traits">Propagate on Container Copy Assignment</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>POCMA
</td>
<td><a href="../memory/allocator_traits.html" title="cpp/memory/allocator traits">Propagate on Container Move Assignment</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>POCS
</td>
<td><a href="../memory/allocator_traits.html" title="cpp/memory/allocator traits">Propagate on Container Swap</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RAII
</td>
<td><a href="raii.html" title="cpp/language/raii"> Resource Acquisition Is Initialization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RACO
</td>
<td><a href="../ranges.html#Range_adaptor_closure_objects" title="cpp/ranges">Range Adaptor Closure Object</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RAO
</td>
<td><a href="../ranges.html#Range_adaptor_objects" title="cpp/ranges">Range Adaptor Object</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RTTI
</td>
<td><a href="types.html" title="cpp/language/types"> RunTime Type Identification</a>
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/type_info.html" title="cpp/types/type info">std::type_info</a></span>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RVO
</td>
<td><a href="copy_elision.html" title="cpp/language/copy elision"> Return Value Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SBO
</td>
<td>Small Buffer Optimization
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SBRM
</td>
<td>Scope-Bound Resource Management, see <a href="raii.html" title="cpp/language/raii">RAII</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SCARY
</td>
<td><b>S</b>eemingly erroneous (appearing <b>C</b>onstrained by conflicting generic parameters), but <b>A</b>ctually work with the <b>R</b>ight implementation (unconstrained b<b>Y</b> the conflict due to minimized dependencies).
</td>
<td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stroustrup.com/SCARY.pdf">stroustrup.com/SCARY</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SFINAE
</td>
<td><a href="sfinae.html" title="cpp/language/sfinae"> Substitution Failure Is Not An Error</a>
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/enable_if.html" title="cpp/types/enable if">std::enable_if</a></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/void_t.html" title="cpp/types/void t">std::void_t</a></span>
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<tr>
<td>SIOF
</td>
<td>Static Initialization Order Fiasco
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SOCCC
</td>
<td><a href="../memory/allocator_traits/select_on_container_copy_construction.html" title="cpp/memory/allocator traits/select on container copy construction">Select On Container Copy Construction</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SOO
</td>
<td>Small Object Optimization
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc">std::move_only_function</span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../utility/functional/function.html" title="cpp/utility/functional/function">std::function</a></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../utility/any.html" title="cpp/utility/any">std::any</a></span>
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<tr>
<td>SSO
</td>
<td>Small String Optimization
</td>
<td><span class="t-lc"><a href="../string/basic_string.html" title="cpp/string/basic string">std::basic_string</a></span>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>TMP
</td>
<td><a href="template_metaprogramming.html" title="cpp/language/template metaprogramming">Template Meta Programming</a>
</td>
<td><a href="../header/type_traits.html" title="cpp/header/type traits"><tt>&lt;type_traits&gt;</tt></a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>TU
</td>
<td><a href="translation_phases.html#Phase_7" title="cpp/language/translation phases">Translation Unit</a>
</td>
<td><a href="modules.html" title="cpp/language/modules">Modules</a>, <a href="tu_local.html" title="cpp/language/tu local">TU-local</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>UB
</td>
<td><a href="ub.html" title="cpp/language/ub"> Undefined Behavior</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>UDC
</td>
<td><a href="cast_operator.html" title="cpp/language/cast operator">User-defined conversion</a> operator
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>UDL
</td>
<td><a href="user_literal.html" title="cpp/language/user literal"> User-Defined Literals</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>WPO
</td>
<td> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interprocedural_optimization#WPO_and_LTO" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Interprocedural optimization">Whole-Program Optimization</a>
</td>
<td>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h3>
<ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2019/08/02/the-tough-guide-to-cpp-acronyms/">“A C++ acronym glossary” by Arthur O’Dwyer, 2019/08</a>
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